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  2. V-2 rocket - Wikipedia

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    The V2 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, lit. 'Vengeance Weapon 2'), with the technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world's first long-range [4] guided ballistic missile.The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed during the Second World War in Nazi Germany as a "vengeance weapon" and assigned to attack Allied cities as retaliation for the Allied bombings of German ...

  3. V-2 rocket facilities of World War II - Wikipedia

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    La Coupole was a bunker for V-2 launches planned near Wizernes. V-2 rocket facilities were military installations associated with Nazi Germany 's V-2 SRBM ballistic missile, including bunkers and small launch pads which were never operationally used.

  4. White Sands V-2 Launching Site - Wikipedia

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    January 20, 1978. The White Sands V-2 Launching Site, also known as Launch Complex 33 and originally as Army Launch Area Number 1, is an historic rocket launch complex at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. It was here that the United States first performed test launches of German V-2 rockets captured toward the end of World War II.

  5. Monkey D. Luffy - Wikipedia

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    In this article, the surname is Monkey. Monkey D. Luffy (/ ˈluːfi / LOO-fee) (Japanese: モンキー・D・ルフィ, Hepburn: Monkī Dī Rufi, [ɾɯꜜɸiː]), also known as " Straw Hat " Luffy, [ n 2 ] is a fictional character and the protagonist in the Japanese manga series One Piece created by Eiichiro Oda.

  6. Unit 731 - Wikipedia

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    Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), [note 1] short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment [3]: 198 and the Ishii Unit, [5] was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War ...

  7. Melicoccus bijugatus - Wikipedia

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    Melicoccus bijugatus. Jacq. Baj Melicocca carpopodea Juss. Melicoccus bijugatus is a fruit -bearing tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native or naturalized across the New World tropics including South and Central America, and parts of the Caribbean. Its stone-bearing fruits, commonly called quenepa or guinep, are edible.

  8. 1769 transit of Venus observed from Tahiti - Wikipedia

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    When choosing a location for viewing the transit, The Royal Society basically chose the locations Halley suggested in his 1716 article. The committee recommended that the transit be observed from three points: the North Cape at the Arctic tip of Norway, Fort Churchill at Hudson Bay Canada and a suitable island in the South Pacific. They stated ...

  9. Lychee - Wikipedia

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    Lychee[3] (US: / ˈliːtʃiː / LEE-chee, UK: / ˈlaɪtʃiː / LIE-chee; Litchi chinensis; Chinese: 荔枝; pinyin: lìzhī; Jyutping: lai6 zi1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-chi) is a monotypic taxon and the sole member in the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. There are three distinct subspecies of lychee.